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A conversation with Justin Trudeau on Canada’s housing crisis
City Space
English - May 23, 2024 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsNews Society & Culture accessibility cities city planning climate change future cities green space housing policy the globe and mail transit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Earlier this month, the City Space team met Prime Minister Trudeau for a sit-down interview to get his thoughts on the biggest challenges facing our cities: housing affordability, a labour shortage, population growth and the need for densification. Trudeau and the Federal Liberals unveiled a new housing policy in April of this year, a plan that they say will help solve the housing affordability crisis in Canada. As the prime minister says, the plan is certainly ambitious. It marks a significant departure in the federal government’s approach to housing, one that will require them to be much more direct and hands-on. But what took so long? We’re asking why his government has struggled to make a meaningful difference on housing affordability and availability in this country.